I need a word that I can use for any noun EXCEPT an atom. 'Non-atomic' is precise, but it's bad form to focus attention on what something is not.
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob therriault > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:07 PM > To: General forum > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Need a word for a non-atomic array > > Henry, > > It's just another layer, but would the atom, list, table hierarchy > work? A two dimensional non atomic array could be called a table. > Is this useful or have I missed the point? > > Cheers, bob > > On 4-Apr-07, at 4:01 PM, Henry Rich wrote: > > > Like Oleg, I had thought that an 'array' had to have > > rank > 0. It doesn't, which is a pity IMO. > > > > I would love to have a word for a non-atomic array, > > but I can't think of one. Can anyone? > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
